Definition of carry

Scrabble & Words with friends points

• carry is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 10
• carry is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 10
• carry is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 10

Definition of carry

• transmit or serve as the medium for transmission (verb)

  Examples

  1. The airwaves carry the sound

  Synonyms

  1. channel
  2. conduct
  3. convey
  4. impart
  5. transmit
• transfer (entries) from one account book to another (verb)

  Synonyms

  1. post
• have with oneself; have on one's person (verb)

  Examples

  1. I always carry money

  Synonyms

  1. pack
  2. take
• drink alcohol without showing ill effects (verb)

  Examples

  1. he had drunk more than he could carry

  Synonyms

  1. hold
• serve as a means for expressing something (verb)

  Synonyms

  1. convey
  2. express
• continue or extend (verb)

  Synonyms

  1. extend
• include as the content; broadcast or publicize (verb)

  Synonyms

  1. run
• win approval or support for (verb)

  Synonyms

  1. persuade
  2. sway
• have on hand (verb)

  Examples

  1. Do you carry kerosene heaters?

  Synonyms

  1. stock
  2. stockpile
• behave in a certain manner (verb)

  Synonyms

  1. acquit
  2. bear
  3. behave
  4. comport
  5. conduct
  6. deport
• contain or hold; have within (verb)

  Synonyms

  1. bear
  2. contain
  3. hold
• propel (verb)

  Synonyms

  1. dribble
• move while supporting, either in a vehicle or in one's hands or on one's body (verb)

  Examples

  1. You must carry your camping gear
  2. carry the suitcases to the car
  3. This train is carrying nuclear waste
  4. These pipes carry waste water into the river

  Synonyms

  1. transport
• support or hold in a certain manner (verb)

  Synonyms

  1. bear
  2. hold
• be pregnant with (verb)

  Examples

  1. I am carrying his child

  Synonyms

  1. bear
  2. expect
  3. gestate
  4. have a bun in the oven
• be able to feed (verb)

  Examples

  1. This land will carry ten cows to the acre
• bear (a crop) (verb)

  Examples

  1. this land does not carry olives
• bear or be able to bear the weight, pressure,or responsibility of (verb)

  Examples

  1. How many credits is this student carrying?
  2. We carry a very large mortgage
• be conveyed over a certain distance (verb)
• be equipped with (a mast or sail) (verb)

  Examples

  1. This boat can only carry a small sail
• be necessarily associated with or result in or involve (verb)
• be successful in (verb)
• capture after a fight (verb)
• compensate for a weaker partner or member by one's own performance (verb)

  Examples

  1. I resent having to carry her all the time
• cover a certain distance or advance beyond (verb)
• extend to a certain degree (verb)

  Examples

  1. carry too far
• have a certain range (verb)
• have as an inherent or characteristic feature or have as a consequence (verb)

  Examples

  1. These bonds carry warrants
• have on the surface or on the skin (verb)

  Examples

  1. carry scars
• have or possess something abstract (verb)

  Examples

  1. I carry her image in my mind's eye
  2. I will carry the secret to my grave
  3. I carry these thoughts in the back of my head
  4. I carry a lot of life insurance
• include, as on a list (verb)
• keep up with financial support (verb)
• pass on a communication (verb)
• propel or give impetus to (verb)
• pursue a line of scent or be a bearer (verb)

  Examples

  1. the dog was taught to fetch and carry
• secure the passage or adoption (of bills and motions) (verb)
• sing or play against other voices or parts (verb)

  Examples

  1. He cannot carry a tune
• take further or advance (verb)

  Examples

  1. carry a cause
• the act of carrying something (noun)
• transfer (a number, cipher, or remainder) to the next column or unit's place before or after, in addition or multiplication (verb)

  Examples

  1. put down 5 and carry 2
• win in an election (verb)

See definition of carry in Merriam Webster